{"id":2858,"date":"2016-04-18T19:44:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T11:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/18\/learn-how-to-like-communicate-better-with-this-app\/"},"modified":"2016-04-18T19:44:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T11:44:09","slug":"learn-how-to-like-communicate-better-with-this-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/18\/learn-how-to-like-communicate-better-with-this-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn how to, like, communicate better with this app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dsc01995\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzE1L2JhL2RzYzAxOTk1LjI3ZWFkLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/5821c3ca\/b2e\/dsc01995.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Learn+how+to%2C+like%2C+communicate+better+with+this+app&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F18%2Flikeso-app%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F18%2Flikeso-app%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Public speaking is a <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/12\/26\/public-speaking-tips\/\">fear for many<\/a>.\u00a0In fact, it&#8217;s estimated that up to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/miamipublicspeakers.com\/fear-of-public-speaking-infographic\/\">74% of people<\/a> experience public speaking anxiety.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Working through that fear requires a lot of practice. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/likeso\/id1074943747?mt=8\">LikeSo<\/a>\u00a0app, which launched last week, can help users become more confident \u2014 partly by stripping &#8220;filler&#8221; words from a user&#8217;s speech, such as &#8220;like&#8221; and &#8220;so.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2013\/07\/20\/speaking-tips\/\">5 Public Speaking Tips That&#8217;ll Prepare You for Any Interview<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Users select the words they want LikeSo to listen for, and then the time limit to answer questions and prompts. They can<span style=\"line-height: 1.5\">\u00a0choose between two options: &#8220;Talk About,&#8221; which prompts users with a topic to discuss, or &#8220;FreeStyle,&#8221; for users to talk about anything.\u00a0<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/18\/likeso-app\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/productivity\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Productivity<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/communication\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Communication<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/public-speaking\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Public Speaking<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/apps\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Apps<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/G19GGSmpdfw\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public speaking is a fear for many.\u00a0In fact, it&#8217;s estimated that up to\u00a074% of people experience public speaking anxiety.\u00a0 Working through that fear requires a lot of practice. The\u00a0LikeSo\u00a0app, which launched last week, can help users become more confident \u2014 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/18\/learn-how-to-like-communicate-better-with-this-app\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[844,1894,2017,2090,725],"class_list":["post-2858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-apps","tag-communication","tag-productivity","tag-public-speaking","tag-tech"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2858\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}